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Your Desk Does Not Have to be Your Lunch Table

Recently I have been seeing this commercial a lot.  It starts out innocent enough, talking about eating a clean salad with fresh dressing.  But here is where I start to pay attention.  The commercial says have this wonderful salad delivered right to your desk and eat...

Get Off the See-Saw

Last week I experienced what I suspect some of you might have gone through, especially now as our homes become our offices and we are stuck inside.  My full time work was getting in the way of my life.  I had a huge project at work and I let it get in the way of my...

Sitting in Idle Does Not Get You Very Far

Recently, I sat down to work on my Etsy shop.  I started by reviewing my stats.  And that is when it hit me.  My stats were down, but that should not surprise me.  I had done nothing in my shop for over a week.  Why did I expect great results when I had had made no...

When Part Time Feels Like Full Time

Spring has sprung (Finally! although today certainly feels more like winter than spring, but I will take it).  With spring comes thoughts of spring cleaning.  At my house, not only do I try to clean my floors, my closets, my office, and living spaces, but I also try...

How a dryer door changed my perspective

You would think by now that I would have learned just to do those little jobs I keep putting off. After all, I put them on my to do list (sometimes long ago) because I knew they would make things easier. And yet somehow they still manage to sit there undone. A new...

Lies I Tell Myself

Lately, I have felt a lack of focus. I know what I want, but I can’t seem to make it happen. And to be totally honest, I have been lying to myself. All through the work week, I keep telling myself, if I can just make it to the weekend…” and I fill in...

What a Difference a Day Makes

So when I started preparing to launch this blog, my life was relatively stable, with just the normal everyday chaos.  But in a matter of a few hours, everything changed.  Now I will admit I have found myself questioning a lot in the last few weeks and I could very...
What to Expect from this Blog

What to Expect from this Blog

Welcome to the first official post of The Working Crafter.  So now that you have read the first sentence, what can you expect from the rest?  Well, I hope this is a place you will come to find balance. Let’s face it, if you are anything like me, your life can...